TV REVIEW: BBC One's The Split
The Beeb's six-part drama is set in London's glossy divorce circuit.
BOOK REVIEW: Lloyd George: Statesman or Scoundrel
Richard Wilkinson
BOOK REVIEW: Life on the inside
Subtitled ‘the key to avoiding the risk’, this book is an excellent introduction to a complicated subject.
A handbook of substance
The Drugs Offences Handbook
Global take on rights and wrongs
International Human Rights Law (3rd edition).
When toy story goes to court
David Pickup reviews You Don’t Own Me: How Mattel v. MGA Entertainment Exposed Barbie’s Dark Side.
Insider’s track on criminal justice
Adrian Lower reviews The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken.
Signpost to Strasbourg
Malcolm Hawkes reviews Jacobs, White and Ovey: The European Court of Human Rights, 7th edition.
Fiddling the accounts?
Katharine Riley reviews Trust Betrayed by Richard Wrenn.
On the money
Book review: Lexcel Risk Management Toolkit 3rd Edition.
Fascinating true-crime tale
Book review: Blood on the Page: A Murder, a Secret Trial, a Search for the Truth
Double bind
H D Kehler discusses the Criminal Legal Aid Contract 2017.
Panama Papers: the fallout
Criminal Finances Act 2017: A Guide To The New Law
Guides to Inheritance Act claims
Izzy Jaques and Andrew Kidd review two Inheritance Act claim guides.
Guide to ill-gotten gains
Adrian Lower reviews the fifth edition of Millington and Sutherland Williams on The Proceeds of Crime.
Folklore and black magic
Gazette sub-editor reviews solicitor Abigail Wekes-Lowe’s novel Corvid’s Lament
Building blocks of learning
Joshua Pugsley reviews Russell Hewitson’s Residential Conveyancing Practice: a guide for support staff and paralegals, published by Law Society Publishing.
Clean-living manifesto
David Pickup reviews Environmental Law: a very short introduction by Elizabeth Fisher.
Crime capers
David Pickup reviews Jack Strange’s crime thriller Manchester Vice.
BOOK REVIEW: Family lifeline
It has been a while since family lawyers had this kind of publication to hand. The one I remember was published so long ago that CD-ROMs, like the one accompanying this book, had probably not even been invented.
